Players may not have as much reverence for the winner of this survey as they did for Vince Lombardi back in the day. / Associated Press

by Chris Strauss, USA TODAY Sports

by Chris Strauss, USA TODAY Sports

As if Rex Ryan's season couldn't get any worse. According to a recent Sporting News poll of 103 players from 27 different teams, the New York Jets head coach finished a clear first when those athletes were asked to name the NFL's most overrated head coach.

Players were not allowed to vote for their own coaches in the survey, but one-third of them selected Ryan, whose blustery predictions and bombastic style seems to have worn thin around the league, especially with his Jets tied for the AFC East cellar with a 3-5 record.

"His coaching style is over the top. Some of the things he does in front of the cameras are way over the top. You put that with the New York media and he has a pretty big reputation, I guess," one AFC offensive player told the paper. "I don't even know if you'd call him overrated anymore because it's gonna be a couple of years since he was in the AFC finals. He's pretty funny, and he's a pretty good coach. But not THAT good."

New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick and Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid finished second and third, although if any of those players voting for Reid happened to survey Twitter last night, they might want to rethink that classification.

The organization also polled the same players on who the most underrated current head coach is. Atlanta' Mike Smith and Houston's Gary Kubiak tied for the lead with 15 votes each.